Dignity Centre Bournemouth

02/02/2026

The school has less than £100 to go to meet their target!

Show your support and help get them over the line

🤫 Silence for a Cause

On 31st January, our students will take on a powerful challenge to support the Dignity Centre, a refugee charity here in Bournemouth.

They’ll choose between:

🔇 12 hours of complete silence
📵 24 hours without digital devices

By staying silent, they will make a big noise for compassion, community spirit, and change - raising vital funds and awareness for displaced people in need.

We are proud to see our students making a difference 💛

26/01/2026

We are so inspired by the students, teachers and community at Avonbourne Academy in Bournemouth, who are taking part in a sponsored silence this Saturday in support of Refugee Support Europe.

Thank you to everyone involved in this incredible initiative

🤫 Silence for a Cause

On 31st January, our students will take on a powerful challenge to support the Dignity Centre, a refugee charity here in Bournemouth.

They’ll choose between:

🔇 12 hours of complete silence
📵 24 hours without digital devices

By staying silent, they will make a big noise for compassion, community spirit, and change - raising vital funds and awareness for displaced people in need.

We are proud to see our students making a difference 💛

24/12/2025

Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) Activated ❄️🌧️

Due to the current weather conditions, the Street Outreach Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) has been activated across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

✅ The protocol will run for the next 3 nights and will be reviewed on Saturday 27 December.

🏠 SWEP helps protect and provide for vulnerable people sleeping rough during severe weather. It is activated when there is a real risk of loss of life because of weather conditions.

If you are concerned about someone sleeping rough:
📞 Call: 01202 315 962 (24-hour answerphone)
🌐 Use StreetLink
📧 Email: [email protected]

The Homelessness Partnership, including the Council and charity St Mungo's, will offer shelter to all people sleeping rough in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole by providing emergency accommodation.

💙 Please share to help keep people safe!
For updates see link in comments👇

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06/12/2025

04/11/2025

Learn My Way is a free online learning tool helping people with low or no digital skills to gain confidence and learn how to use the internet.

It’s free to use Learn My Way. Head over to the Learn My Way website to get started! Need help? Let us know and we can support you at the Dignity Centre to register and start learning.

Learn My Way is a website of free online learning to help beginners develop digital skills.

29/10/2025

Keep eyes on Sudan: Over two years of brutal but forgotten conflict.

The Sudan crisis is the world’s largest displacement and protection emergency. 12 million people remain displaced, many living in makeshift shelters without safety or hope. Now, escalating violence in El Fasher and wider Darfur has caused even more families to flee.

11/10/2025

Our Dignity Centre has become a lifeline for refugees and people seeking asylum in Bournemouth. With the growing number of people arriving in Bournemouth and surrounding areas, the Centre provides a vital space of welcome, where members can access essential services, connect with the local community and find a sense of belonging during one of the most challenging times of their lives.

New arrivals to the UK (

19/08/2025

Our friends at Asylum Matters created a version of the Solidarity not Strangers pledge for MPs to sign. Use this easy tool to email your MP.

11/08/2025

📢Over 200 orgs are calling on Party Leaders to end the divisive politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past. Only then will they bring unity instead of division and cohesion rather than hate.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/uk-party-leaders-urged-end-pernicious-currents-racism-hatred-fuelling-anti-migrant-protests

10/08/2025

Don't believe the hype.

Bournemouth WELCOMES refugees and people seeking asylum 🧡

We were saddened to see the anti-refugee protests outside the hotels in Bournemouth this weekend but please know that the vast majority of people in the UK welcome refugees and want to see an asylum system that is orderly, fair and humane.

26/07/2025

Show your support for refugees and people seeking asylum in Bournemouth by donating to Dignity Centre Bournemouth.

The vast majority of our Members at the Dignity Centre Bournemouth have been placed in Home Office asylum accommodation where they receive just £9.95 per week in cash support (on a prepaid card) to pay for things like clothing, toiletries, mobile data and travel. This cash support can often takes weeks or, in some cases, months to come through leaving people in desperate need.

How you can help:
- Donate high-quality men’s clothing. We particularly need casual clothing and sportswear such as t-shirts, jackets, jumpers/hoodies in sizes small, medium and large; jeans and casual trousers (30, 32, 34 inch waist); and shoes, trainers and boots. Please only donate items of a quality you would be proud to wear or lend to a friend.

- Donate supermarket or Primark vouchers to help us stock our 'free shop' with essential toiletries and underwear.

Contact us to arrange delivery or simply drop by during our opening hours (Mon-Fri, 10.30am to 4.30pm).

In solidarity 🧡

24/07/2025

The Government has changed the rules to make it impossible for many refugees to ever become British citizens.

The rules will deny people citizenship based not on who they are, but by how they first arrived in the country. It’s designed to punish people who were forced to take a dangerous journey to seek safety.

This ban is all politics and performance. It will only feed the division and hostility in our communities. It sends a message to our neighbours, colleagues, friends, and their families, that they will never be truly welcome here.

We have a chance to force the Government to change course. Use this tool to email your MP. It takes 1 minute: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-reverse-the-citizenship-ban

🚨TODAY MPs are debating the refugee citizenship ban.

This ban made it nearly impossible for many refugees to become British citizens.

This affects our neighbours, colleagues, and friends.

📢Your MP needs to hear from you NOW:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-reverse-the-citizenship-ban